Router Port forwarding

:headscratch: Son?!?

Cousin?

<br /><br /><!-- editby --><br /><br /><em>edited by: Robert_Thompson, Jan 01, 2008 - 05:56 AM</em><!-- end editby -->

Here is a shot of my router settings.

Asking us to disable our personal computer security by opening our ports to the world is not the answer. That just makes our computers vulnerable to attacks from hackers and spammers. Telling the world what ports we have open is also a bad idea. How about giving us a password to use instead?

Here are some links you can click on to explain:

<a href="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_port" target="_blank">Wikipedia: Open Port Security Risk

<a href="www.sans.org/top20/" target="_blank">Sans.org

<a href="searchsecurity.techtarget.com/expert/Kno...4_gci1271686,00.html" target="_blank">KnowledgebaseAnswer

<a href="www.networkworld.com/research/2004/0628imfeat5.html" target="_blank">networkworld.com

Use the <a href="www.microsoft.com/resources/documentatio...etstat.mspx?mfr=true" target="_blank">Netstat command to check for open ports on your computer.

<a href="www.microsoft.com/protect/default.mspx" target="_blank">Microsoft Security





<br /><br /><!-- editby --><br /><br /><em>edited by: Robert_Thompson, Jan 01, 2008 - 07:41 AM</em><!-- end editby -->